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Proud Boys to pay church $1 million for destroyed ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign and threatening church with violence

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Proud Boys organization must pay more than $1.03 million to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in D.C., after a judge determined that members of the group damaged a Black Lives Matter sign displayed on the...

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Colombia's Ecopetrol refinery awarded more than $1 billion in arbitration

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - Refineria de Cartagena (Reficar), a refinery owned by Colombia's largest company Ecopetrol, is set to receive more than $1 billion following an arbitration ruling in its favor against a group of contractors. Impact Trial is proud to...

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$35-Million Patent Infringement Case Against Dropbox Flops at Trial

WACO, TX - A federal jury in Waco, Texas, cleared Dropbox Inc. of claims that it infringed a coder’s patents, sparing the file-sharing company a potential $35.7 million verdict. In a seven-page verdict sheet, the jurors came to the unanimous...

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Jury Rejects Feds' Claims Gilead Infringed HIV Drug Patents

WILMINGTON, DE - On Tuesday, a six-person federal jury in Delaware rejected a potential $1 billion government claim that Gilead Sciences Inc. violated government-owned patents when it released its Truvada and Descovy medications to treat or lower the risk of...

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Chamberlain Wins $43M Verdict After 2nd Garage Door IP Trial

MARSHALL, TX - Following a four-day trial in Texas federal court, the jury found that garage door company Overhead Door Corp. owes Chamberlain Group, represented by Fish & Richardson PC and Gillam & Smith LLP, $43.4 million for selling garage...

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Darrill Henry Exonerated in New Orleans Double Murder Following Decades-Long Fight

NEW ORLEANS, LA - Nearly three years after a Louisiana judge overturned Darrill Henry’s first-degree murder conviction based on new exculpatory DNA evidence, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office has dropped all charges and says it will not seek a...

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